Minutes of Meeting #1845 Monday, January 26, 2026 Trey Haddad, President Ken Patterson, Vice President Dave Gallaher, Treasurer Galen Tripp & Laser Pistol Packin’ Mama, Sergeants at Arms Barbara Johnson-Haddad, Secretary meeting held online AND meeting live at Parktown Pizza [at Meridian & Hillsdale in SJ] https://www.parktownpizza.com
*************************** NEW ZOOM FOR 2026 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82190960810?pwd=k8qAIDt9sntTTLOI6FoerafmYvU2AR.1 Meeting ID: 821 9096 0810 Passcode: B4SF41D --- One tap mobile +16699009128,,82190960810#,,,,*5724576# --- By Telephone 669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 821 9096 0810 Passcode: 5724576 Find your local number:https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcSpSAHaD *************************** Called to order at 8 pm 6live/7online beings attended the meeting The minutes of meeting 1844 were accepted as 'please feel better soon, Barbara' Proxy Treasurer's report = Regular: $15,805.32 Party: $230.58 Money can be sent to salve guilt via PayPal - sent to: [email protected] Though we have accrued $165.34 since the resumption of live meetings. the VP reported that he & Geri will not be here for Gallifrey weekend, even remotely, & that Rick will be here, filling in for him, but otherwise had nothing fannish to report the President had nothing fannish to report among his 'half-vast' wisdom There were no committee reports no old or new business ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ken announced that 100 years ago today, John Logie Baird gave the very first demonstration of television. This event was later used in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special 'The Giggle'. & he also announced that Psycho Donuts has closed Lisa announced that Gallifrey One is coming up in 2 weeks at the LAX Marriott & pre-reg is available until Jan 31, with the annual pre-convention Launch Party on February 5 at 8:00pm & the con runs from Feb 6-8 see = https://www.gallifreyone.com/ Rick announced that he will host a public hike on 'Superb Owl Sunday' this year Gerald announced that he & Gayle will be attending Radcon, Feb 12-16 in Pasco Washington see = https://www.radcon.org/ Reviews: Lisa reviewed the first 2 episodes of the new Dr Who spin-off, 'the War Between the Land and the Sea' & she found it interesting & not as dark as some later Who & she looks forward to seeing more. There were several folk saying they enjoyed it as well see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Between_the_Land_and_the_Sea Lisa also reviewed the new 'Star Trek Academy' show as she finds it really interesting & looks forward to seeing more episodes. Rick states that he loved episode 3 & Yochanan likes the show, except for the theme song & then there was some general discussion to the topic see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Starfleet_Academy_(TV_series) Yochanan reviewed a movie streaming on Amazon Prime called 'Bookworm' that he found entertaining & very cute. He highly recommends it see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookworm_(film) Yochanan also reviewed '28 Years Later - the Bone Temple' & he highly recommends seeing '28 Years Later' before viewing it - or read a concise summary or you won't understand what's going on. He found it interesting that the movie's human survivors are more monstrous than the folks who suffer from the Rage Virus. He rates it as worth full price if you love the series or matinee otherwise see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Years_Later:_The_Bone_Temple Yochanan also reviewed a South Korean disaster movie called 'The Great Flood' that he loved the visuals and special fx for, but that the plot is pretty confusing. He liked it, but didn't love it & rates it as worth '?' [a question mark] see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Flood_(film) Rick reviewed a series on Max called 'Doom Patrol' that he has seen 2 of the 4 seasons of thus far & that it is entertaining but you have to view it and accept that there are some things that are weird just for the sake of being weird. Yochanan has also seen this series and he loved all of it see = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_Patrol_(TV_series) Ken reviewed having suffered with hand, foot & mouth disease as not worth any price at all Gerald reviewed a military deployment of 1500 troops that happened last weekend in Minnesota as it was handled in good order and peacefully - so it can be done we adjourned at = 8:45 pm Rumor of the Week: 'Murder on ice, by ICE, live and on camera for the mad king's entertainment' there were no auctions -- ******************* She/whispered/'Oh/my/goodness/what/are/all/these/squirrels/doing/here?' [email protected] *******************
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